04 September 2004 Saturday 18 Rajab 1425 KARACHI: Property tax devolved: PA told KARACHI, Sept 3: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, who also holds the portfolio of Excise and Taxation, informed the Sindh Assembly on Friday that levy and collection of property tax and entertainment duty stood devolved to town/taluka councils. ... KARACHI: Sunday book bazaar at Frere Hall restored KARACHI, Sept 3: In a much-awaited move, the city government has decided to hold a book bazaar on Sunday at Frere Hall after a gap of over three months. ... KARACHI: Workers seek immediate halt to KESC privatization KARACHI, Sept 3: Speakers at a workers' meeting, organized by the KESC Employees Action Committee on Friday, demanded that the process of proposed privatization of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation be stopped immediately. ... KARACHI: Probe into Liaquatabad flyover cracks sought KARACHI, Sept 3: The MPAs of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement have appealed to President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad and Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim to conduct an impartial investigation into the Liaquatabad flyover issue. ... KARACHI: Little progress in bus shelters plan KARACHI, Sept 3: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK)'s plan to construct 471 bus shelters in the city is moving at a snail's pace, with signs of the project's failure already started to have emerged. ... KARACHI: KESC blamed for delay in road work KARACHI, Sept 3: The CDGK's oversee and monitoring committee has expressed its dissatisfaction over the pace of construction works on different on-going development projects. ... KARACHI: Metrical poems remain in vogue KARACHI, Sept 3: A literary sitting - Mehfil-i-Naqd-o-Nazar - at the Arts Council was held on Thursday with Prof Saher Ansari in the chair. First a poem, then a short story, and in the last a ghazal were presented and discussed. ... KARACHI: Setting up of vigilance bodies ordered KARACHI, Sept 3: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro has directed the secretary education to constitute two vigilance committees at district level throughout the province to check and monitor the attendance of teachers at educational institutions. ... KARACHI: Sindh Ombudsman calls for probe into STB affairs KARACHI, Sept 3: The Sindh ombudsman has advised the Sindh education minister to institute a fresh inquiry into alleged irregularities in the purchase of paper and delay in the supply of textbooks to schools. ... KARACHI:Return of klashnikovs ordered KARACHI, Sept 3: A division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Maqbool Baqer, on Friday allowed a miscellaneous application filed by Amin Fabrics seeking return of six klashnikovs ... KARACHI: High Court dismisses petition in lease case KARACHI, Sept 3: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed on Friday a constitutional petition moved by a detained accused in an accountability reference pertaining to an allegedly bogus lease and illegal conversion of land. ... KARACHI: Slow pace of work on Lyari hospital irks patients KARACHI, Sept 3: The slow pace of renovation work at Lyari General Hospital has been causing problems for patients and staff members, a survey shows. ... KARACHI: Two killed in road accidents KARACHI, Sept 3: Two persons, including an 11-year-old boy, died in road accidents in different parts of the city on Friday. ... LAHORE: Criteria for allotment of Sundar plots finalized LAHORE, Sept 3: The Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) has finalized a criteria for allotment of industrial plots at Sundar Industrial Estate. ... LAHORE: Health dept to monitor use of funds LAHORE, Sept 3: The Punjab health department is creating a system of monitoring and evaluation for apposite use of development funds. ... LAHORE: FIA's cell fails to check human smuggling LAHORE, Sept 3: Human trafficking from Gujrat, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin and Sialkot and their suburbs to the developed countries is continuing . ... LAHORE: FWO given contract at higher rates - Avenue plots prices up 60pc LAHORE, Sept 3: Plot prices in the Avenue Housing Scheme of the Lahore Development Authority are being increased by a minimum of 60 per cent due to the award of development contract to the Frontier Works Organization ... LAHORE: CJ requisitions appointment of 103 civil judges LAHORE, Sept 3: Chief Justice Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry said here on Friday he had requisitioned appointment of 103 civil judges to meet the shortfall across the province. ... PESHAWAR: Bail petition of ex-MNA to be heard on Sept 10 PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The Peshawar High Court on Friday adjourned hearing in the pre-arrest bail petition of former PML-N MNA Jawed Ibraheem Paracha for a week. ... PESHAWAR: Achakzai demands new constitution PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achekzai has held intelligence agencies responsible for the present political uncertainty and mess where political non-entities backed by the agencies are running the show. ... HYDERABAD: Girls outshine boys in humanities group HYDERABAD, Sept 3: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, on Friday announced the result of higher secondary certificate part-II (class-XII) humanities group ... HYDERABAD: Protest held against attack on ST workers HYDERABAD, Sept 3: The Sunni Tahreek here on Friday staged a protest demonstration outside the local press club against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, and attacks on its workers ... HYDERABAD: SHC orders trial of Mukhtiarkar HYDERABAD, Sept 3: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday ordered disciplinary action and prosecution against the Mukhtiarkar of Thana Bula Khan and Tapedars of Dehs Kalo Kohar and Hathal Buth for corruption. ... HYDERABAD: Balochistan CM criticized HYDERABAD, Sept 3: Sindh Tarraqi Passand Party Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has taken strong exception to remarks made by Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Yousuf on the Sindh-Balochistan border issue ... RAWALPINDI: Dist govt fails to use 70pc funds - Education sector projects RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: The district government has failed to complete the projects in education sector for which the provincial government had allocated Rs151 million, Dawn has learnt. ... SUKKUR: Six illegal detainees recovered SUKKUR, Sept 3: Civil Judge of Pano Aqil Abdul Rahim Chandio conducted a raid at the Baiji police station on Friday and found six persons who had been in illegal detention for 12 days. ... KHAIRPUR: Protest over shortage of water continues KHAIRPUR, Sept 3: Farmers continued their protests against water shortage in different parts of Sindh on Friday and Thursday. They took out a procession near Sobhodero on Friday to protest against water shortage in Pathan Larik and Daraza minors. ... SWABI: Two women shot dead in Swabi SWABI, Sept 3: A woman and her daughter were gunned down allegedly over suspicion about their character in the Chota Lahor area here on Friday. The victims have been identified as Gul Pari and Saima. ... MANSHERA: Work on schools begins MANSEHRA, Sept 3: The District Nazim Syed Ahmad Hussain Shah has said that work on construction and repair of the buildings of 29 schools and 16 health units damaged in the earthquake in February this year has been started. ... DERA GHAZI KHAN: Epidemic carries off 400 animals in DG Khan DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 3: Over 400 animals, including buffaloes and cows, were carried off due to the outbreak of epidemic haemorrhagic septicemia in the riverine as well as plane areas of the DG Khan district during the last fortnight, it was learnt here on Thursday. ... FAISALABAD: Education department officials under fire FAISALABAD, Sept 3: The Saddar tehsil has expressed concern over the performance of the functionaries of the education department and police. ... SARGODHA: Normalcy 'returns' to Sargodha jail SARGODHA, Sept 3: Calm prevailed in the District Jail here on Friday after Thursday evening's riots following the death of an under-trial prisoner due to alleged torture by jail staff.... SIALKOT: MPA accused of aiding criminals SIALKOT, Sept 3: Scores of villagers demonstrated outside the offices of the district administration on Friday to mark their protest against MPA Chaudhry Khush Akhtar Subhani, who had allegedly got freed criminals from police custody. ... SIALKOT: Police thrash widow, two daughters SIALKOT, Sept 3: A widow and her two daughters were beaten up severely by policemen in Garhi Gondal village, Head Marala. ...

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